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Autonomous Vehicles: Can You Get There From Here? (Part 2)

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” In my first post earlier this summer, I highlighted the fact that we’re still a ways off from truly autonomous vehicles, despite many decades of technological advances to assist drivers. Most of the focus in terms of press, investment, or consumer enthusiasm is currently focused on vehicle technology development.

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First Mover Fallacy

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Wait For Complementary Technologies to Mature - Apple didn’t pioneer the smartphone but obviously the iPhone rightly deserves credit for defining the category and making it a global mass market. By finding a way to work out out this kink they’ve grown larger than all the other consumer cloud storage products out there.

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Self-Driving Vehicles: The Future Always Takes Longer to Arrive (Part 1)

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In more recent decades, additional technology has come to market to assist drivers. But the underlying technology for perceiving the environment, mapping routes, and making decisions about unexpected situations all have a lot more work that needs to be done.

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

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Tell me if this is “lame” Leader Technologies has won 11 infringement claims against Facebook. It expended 14M to develop a technology that was stolen. On the Leader case, I think I’ll just go against whomever the law says infringed, and cheer on whomever originated the technology, regardless of their size.

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What If Self-Driving Cars Actually Increase Car Ownership?

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Let’s further assume that there are legal and financial frameworks that support this technological reality, e.g. insurance and liability law permits companies to manufacture and sell self-driving cars, Federal and state regulations have caught up with the technology, roadways that physically support the telematics that enable self-driving cars (..)

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The Consumerization of Business Software ? AGILEVC

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2) Users Drive Enterprise Tech Adoption – Historically centralized IT departments drove adoption of technology within businesses large and small, but today user-level adoption is the norm. The lessons learned from consumer Web 2.0 companies on user acquisition are increasingly being applied to SaaS companies.

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The Road to Autonomous Vehicles & Our Investment in Optimus Ride

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The pathway to that end goal is both uncertain and extraordinarily complicated given the technological, economic, and societal developments that will be required. We obviously believe that Optimus has the potential to play an important role along that path, and are excited to support the team as a hands-on investment partner.

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